What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12885 and 12897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12885 and 12897 is 3.

GCF(12885,12897) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12885 and 12897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12885 and 12897.

How to find the GCF of 12885 and 12897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12885 and 12897. After we will calculate the factors of 12885 and 12897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12885

Prime factors of 12885 are 3, 5, 859. Prime factorization of 12885 in exponential form is:

12885 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12897

Prime factors of 12897 are 3, 1433. Prime factorization of 12897 in exponential form is:

12897 = 3² × 1433¹

Step-3: Factors of 12885

List of positive integer factors of 12885 that divides 12885 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 859, 2577, 4295

Step-4: Factors of 12897

List of positive integer factors of 12897 that divides 12885 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 1433, 4299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12885 and 12897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12885 and 12897 is 3.

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